I'm really pleased about the Spooks movie. Hopefully some familiar characters will star in the film alongside Harry. I assume that this will be shown in cinemas.
I'm really pleased about the Spooks movie. Hopefully some familiar characters will star in the film alongside Harry. I assume that this will be shown in cinemas.
Old thread, but hey - I guess there will be a thread in the movie board closer to the time
But a piece of news along the lines of familiar characters for The Greater Good
Did that really happen so early in the series? I always thought it was halfway through series 2, I stopped watching for the rest of that series as it really made me feel ill, even now it gives me shivers, it was so realistic. I was going through a squeamish phase at the time. I came back to it though, it was always going to be my kind of programme.
I gave up after the end of the second series because some of the plots were so utterly ludicrous.
Particularly the final episodes of those two series.
It's a long time ago so I can't remember all the details but two things I do remember:
In the series one final episode, no home security system would ever be designed in such a way that it could trap occupants in a house.
In the even more ridiculous ending of series two, the frame involved various people behaving in exactly the way necessary for the plan to work, at many different points over its course. As with a lot of Hustle stories, yes, the plan might have worked, but no one would plan it that way because it only needed the tiniest deviation form the expected behaviour of one character and it would be kaput.
In particular, in this instance, IIRC, the plan relied on two of Tom's colleagues to go exactly (and somewhat pedantically) by the book at one point and to go seriously against it at another another. So it actually relied upon people behaving seriously inconsistently.
Thanks for this - I originally began watching from about series 4 but managed to catch the first 3 series on various Sky channels, all apart the the very first few episodes (including THE classic Lisa Faulkner ep)
I'm pleased I can finally catch them.
Thanks for this - I originally began watching from about series 4 but managed to catch the first 3 series on various Sky channels, all apart the the very first few episodes (including THE classic Lisa Faulkner ep)
I'm pleased I can finally catch them.
I don't think spooks was ever meant to be realistic. I do miss old Harry, but the movie, lets not go there.
It was shot on film I believe but no blu ray as of yet.:(
I remember one of the broadsheet newspaper doing an interview with a female MI5 bigwig and they said she laughed out loud when they asked if the job in real life had any similarities with Spooks but I wonder how it does differ then? Not as much action in real life and more stuffy/polite?
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http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/s120/spooks/news/a528064/spooks-movie-the-greater-good-to-shoot-in-2014-plot-details-revealed.html
Rather unexpected. Is this just a BBC feature length thing or are they aiming for cinema?
Old thread, but hey - I guess there will be a thread in the movie board closer to the time
But a piece of news along the lines of familiar characters for The Greater Good
Looks interesting.. although I suspect it will just make me wish they were doing a new series. I miss it.
And I dont suppose we can just forget Adam died can we? I think he can come back lol
Did that really happen so early in the series? I always thought it was halfway through series 2, I stopped watching for the rest of that series as it really made me feel ill, even now it gives me shivers, it was so realistic. I was going through a squeamish phase at the time. I came back to it though, it was always going to be my kind of programme.
Drama are screening the first series starting tonight at 9PM and again at 1.40 AM
Particularly the final episodes of those two series.
It's a long time ago so I can't remember all the details but two things I do remember:
In the series one final episode, no home security system would ever be designed in such a way that it could trap occupants in a house.
In the even more ridiculous ending of series two, the frame involved various people behaving in exactly the way necessary for the plan to work, at many different points over its course. As with a lot of Hustle stories, yes, the plan might have worked, but no one would plan it that way because it only needed the tiniest deviation form the expected behaviour of one character and it would be kaput.
In particular, in this instance, IIRC, the plan relied on two of Tom's colleagues to go exactly (and somewhat pedantically) by the book at one point and to go seriously against it at another another. So it actually relied upon people behaving seriously inconsistently.
It was shot on film I believe but no blu ray as of yet.:(
I'm pleased I can finally catch them.
Drat, just read the same above
Still remember that.
I remember one of the broadsheet newspaper doing an interview with a female MI5 bigwig and they said she laughed out loud when they asked if the job in real life had any similarities with Spooks but I wonder how it does differ then? Not as much action in real life and more stuffy/polite?
My wife tried watching it but gave up because of all the adverts. Ruined it she said. I've got the DVDs somewhere so we'll try again with those.